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ABSCOND
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they abscond ... he / she / it absconds
Past simple: absconded
Past participle: absconded
-ing form: absconding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Example:
the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Synonyms:
abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "abscond" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abscond"):
levant (run off without paying a debt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
absconder (a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution)
abscondment (the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest))
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